she spoke in hushed tones
not to me
but around me
I could hear her voice in the wind
the trees, the grass
she spoke in whispers
and rhymes,
"time and time herein"
she repeated in every natural tongue
"you failed me yet again"
I cried and listened and shook
she spoke the truth
on the petals of a rose
and the barb of the thorn
she revealed the wishes
never granted, never fulfilled
of a gentle heart and open mind
she cursed the day and wept for the night
branches trembled at her fury
but clouds calmed her resolve
"you will see me again"
she foretold with a glass surface stillness
and she laughed
shrill echoes shattered the stillness
drowned out by distant thunder
then peace
yet there is no peace
for her
or me
until we meet again
